Chapter 233: Poison Formula, Number One on the Combat Ranking

January 14th.

Early in the morning, Li Fei went to the classroom where Mo Yizhou was, as per his usual routine.

"Teacher Mo."

Li Fei walked into the classroom and greeted Mo Yizhou.

"Come, take a look!"

Seeing Li Fei arrive, Mo Yizhou beckoned to him with great urgency.

After Li Fei walked closer, he pointed to several thick books laid out on the table:

"I have already annotated all these prescriptions according to the method you mentioned."

Looking at the thick books on the table, Li Fei asked in surprise:

"How many prescriptions are there in total?"

"Over two hundred in total; half of them I researched myself, and the remaining half I collected."

Mo Yizhou said with a hint of pride.

"Teacher Mo is truly a master!"

Li Fei said to Mo Yizhou with sincere admiration.

These books were filled entirely with poison prescriptions, totaling over two hundred.

Someone like the leader of the 'Wolf Pack' had spent over a decade researching poisons just to develop one type of Nether Spring Poison, yet Mo Yizhou had researched hundreds of different poisons himself!

This was truly worthy of the title of master.

"Haha."

A smile appeared on Mo Yizhou's face, but then he sighed:

"It is a pity that poison is ultimately just a minor path, not recognized by the world."

"It is merely the prejudice of the world."

Li Fei said calmly.

"Come, take a look and see if you can summarize that 'poison formula' you mentioned."

Mo Yizhou asked, pointing to the books on the table.

"Alright."

Li Fei picked up a book and flipped it open to read.

He had not studied traditional medicine in his past life and did not understand pharmacology, but he was a science student with decent grades.

During the time he had been studying toxicology with Mo Yizhou, he discovered that the pharmacology of this world was not configured according to the principles of monarch, minister, assistant, and envoy, but rather resembled the chemistry of his past life.

This gave Li Fei the idea to summarize a set of 'chemical formulas,' which was the 'poison formula' he had mentioned to Mo Yizhou.

"Let's start by looking for catalysts."

Li Fei said to Mo Yizhou.

"What is... a catalyst?"

Mo Yizhou wore a puzzled expression.

"It is something that can accelerate a chemical reaction."

"Chemical reaction?"

"Teacher Mo, look, for example, this: Bitter Yellow Grass and Mogan Leaf paired together produce toxicity, but the onset of this toxicity is very, very slow; even if an ordinary person accidentally ingested these two things, there would be no major harm. But if Yin Stone Powder is added to these two herbs, the toxicity will manifest immediately! Therefore, this Yin Stone Powder might be a catalyst."

Li Fei pointed to a prescription in the book to give Mo Yizhou an example.

Mo Yizhou was thoughtful: "You want to find things similar to Yin Stone Powder to see if they can catalyze other drugs?"

"Exactly."

Li Fei nodded.

He had previously asked Mo Yizhou to annotate the components and medicinal properties of various drugs in these prescriptions, which made it easier for him to look for patterns and find the various 'elements' belonging to this world.

Next, the two began to study the prescriptions recorded in the books together; Li Fei provided the ideas, while Mo Yizhou used his rich experience to refine them.

The two were responsible for theory and practice, respectively.

Time passed bit by bit, and after more than three hours, the two had preliminarily summarized dozens of medicinal 'elements' and concluded several usable 'poison formulas.'

As a poison master like Mo Yizhou, he naturally summarized medicinal properties and pharmacology as well; these few summarized poison formulas did not look much different from the pharmacology he had summarized himself previously, but he knew very well that there was a fundamental difference between the two!

The 'poison formula' proposed by Li Fei summarized medicinal properties from the most minute perspective, restoring the drugs to their origin; if one were to use Daoist terminology, it was finding that 'One,' which could allow one to master all methods by mastering one!

"This method of yours really works!"

Mo Yizhou was so excited that his face turned a bit red, "If we continue along this path, the future of toxicology—no! Not just toxicology, the future of pharmacology will undergo earth-shaking changes! You have discovered a broad, smooth road that no one has ever walked before!"

Li Fei could understand Mo Yizhou's excitement, but he was not interested in becoming the 'Mendeleev' of this world.

The reason he provided his ideas to Mo Yizhou was simply to better learn toxicology and configure the poisons he wanted.

"If this path can truly be walked, Teacher is the most important contributor; I only provided some ideas."

Li Fei said.

Without Mo Yizhou's rich experience and the many prescriptions he had summarized, Li Fei's theories and ideas would forever remain castles in the air.

"No, the most important thing is your ideas. Without you, I have studied pharmacology for decades and never thought of these things."

Mo Yizhou shook his head, "If I write a book in the future, your name must be written as the first author!"

Li Fei laughed: "Let's talk about future matters in the future; the content we have summarized now is not enough to publish a book."

"Right, it's not enough, we must continue!"

Mo Yizhou said, ready to dive back into the research.

"Teacher Mo, let's stop here for today; this student has other things to do."

Li Fei could not afford to spend his entire day on this.

"Alright, you go ahead, remember to come on time tomorrow."

Mo Yizhou waved at Li Fei, then buried his head back into his research.

Li Fei turned and walked out of the classroom, heading to the cafeteria for lunch first.

At two in the afternoon, he walked into a playground on time, preparing to attend Wen Ke's "Exploration of the Geng Metal Mindset."

Of the three courses taught by the three professors, only the first day was scheduled on the same day; after that, they were staggered, with only two sessions per week.

The class Li Fei attended a few days ago had completely overturned his perception of Professor Wen Ke.

At that time, he was completely influenced by Wen Ke's extraordinary ability, and coupled with the Killing Pill he had taken, he lost his reason and fell into the desire for slaughter.

After he regained consciousness, he felt as if he had been run over by ten large trucks in turns; his whole body felt like it was falling apart!

The other dozen or so students in the class were about the same, lying scattered on the playground, all having been knocked down by Wen Ke.

After the battle ended, Wen Ke put on her black-rimmed glasses again, regaining her gentle temperament, and told everyone to go back and rest well, continuing in the next class.

Now, Li Fei had come to attend Wen Ke's second class.

Just like last time, the students first took the elixir, and then, stimulated by Wen Ke's extraordinary ability, they completely fell into a 'berserk' state.

Li Fei was once again specifically targeted by Wen Ke.

However, this time he finally regained a sliver of reason in the latter half of the fight, but he still could not remain completely clear-headed.

It was similar to a half-drunk, half-sober state; he knew what he should do, but it was very difficult to precisely control his body.

After being knocked down by Wen Ke again, Li Fei ended the class.

Although he had only attended twice, he felt that Wen Ke's teaching method was useful; at least it allowed him to see the hope of comprehending the Heart of Slaughter.

Even a genius like Wang Fengqing had been stuck for over seven months at the beginning of the Qi Transformation stage; under normal circumstances, there were many people who would be stuck at this step for seven or eight years, or even be unable to break through for their entire lives.

From a Martial Master to a Force-Refining Martial Master, and thus becoming qualified to be an official Martial Master of the imperial court—this step was indeed very difficult to take!

Now that Li Fei had only just broken through to the early stage of Qi Transformation for less than three months, he was not in a hurry to break through his realm; he felt that after attending a few more of Wen Ke's classes, he should be able to find the opportunity to break through.

After resting for more than two hours, Li Fei walked into the arena.

In one week, he had already won eight consecutive matches in the arena, obtaining 40 points; his current total score was 77, and he had already climbed onto the Martial Master Combat Power Ranking, ranking ninth.

Today he walked into the arena again, preparing for another battle.

Without using the Ten Thousand Blood Bead, it was still very challenging for Li Fei to fight against these genius students of the Martial University.

Previously, when dealing with Body-Breaking stage martial artists, his advantage was obvious, but now, fighting against Qi Transformation stage Martial Masters, winning was not so easy.

Register, wait.

A dozen minutes later, Li Fei's number was called.

At the same time, another person in the preparation hall also stood up.

Li Fei turned his head to look at the other person; it was Cao Yiqing!

"What a coincidence, I didn't expect to run into a junior so soon."

Cao Yiqing said to Li Fei with a smile.

The two had attended the "Detailed Explanation of True Qi" taught by Wei Zhiquan twice together, so they could be considered acquaintances.

"It is an honor to meet you, senior."

Li Fei nodded calmly to Cao Yiqing.

Then the two walked out of the preparation hall together.

The next second, the preparation hall exploded.

The number one on the Martial Master Combat Power Ranking VS a legendary newcomer!

For competitions at the Martial Master stage, matches could be made if the point difference was within 50 points; currently, Cao Yiqing, who was number one on the Martial Master Combat Power Ranking, had 123 points, and Li Fei had 77 points, so the two could just be matched.

The two walked into the competition venue and entered a room to put on level-three protective gear.

When the two had each chosen their weapons and walked onto the competition field, quite a few people were already sitting in the surrounding stands.

Everyone came here after hearing the news.

Previously, Li Fei had already achieved an eight-game winning streak in the Martial Master-level matches, once again displaying an aura that no one could rival.

However, he had not won easily in his previous battles, which gave the others hope that they could defeat him.

Now, Li Fei was directly facing off against Cao Yiqing, who was ranked first on the Martial Master leaderboard; the outcome between the two would decide many things.

Would Li Fei's terrifying winning streak end here?

Or could he still maintain his invincible posture even at the Martial Master stage?

"Begin!"

The one acting as the referee was still that Supervisor Zheng.

For matches between students at the Martial Master stage, a Force-Refining Martial Master was required to act as referee to ensure the safety of the students.

As Supervisor Zheng's voice fell, Li Fei and Cao Yiqing charged forward almost simultaneously.

The weapon Cao Yiqing used was relatively uncommon: a pair of twin maces.

These iron maces were 1. meters long, and a single one weighed over 100 jin!

If Cao Yiqing struck with full force at close range, the impact would be greater than a rifle bullet; let alone Level 3 protective gear, even Level 4 gear could not block it.

Li Fei entered the "Tyrant Body" state at the very first moment, his physique expanding and stretching the protective gear he was wearing until it was taut.

Clang—

Sparks flew in all directions as Li Fei swung his saber and collided with Cao Yiqing's iron maces.

The dark golden saber radiance and the crimson aura reflected off each other.

What Cao Yiqing had cultivated was the Bing Fire True Qi, possessing the most extreme masculinity; the scorching True Qi lingered on the iron maces, heating them until they turned bright red.

He used one mace to knock aside Li Fei's steel saber, his fierce and powerful strength directly breaking Li Fei's Rolling Thunder Style!

Afterward, he used the other iron mace to point at Li Fei from a distance.

The next second, a flying needle condensed from flames pierced out, shooting toward Li Fei.

Cao Yiqing's implant was a Grade 2 intermediate fire-attribute implant called 【Blazing Thorn】, which possessed two extraordinary abilities: one was the relatively common strength burst, and the other was flame projection.

After breaking through to the Qi Transformation stage, Cao Yiqing combined "flame projection" with his Bing Fire True Qi, training it into his current "Flame Flying Needle":

Fusing the Bing Fire True Qi with flames, highly compressing and refining them, and finally spraying them out.

The speed of the Flame Flying Needle was extremely fast, comparable to a fired crossbow bolt; within ten meters, its speed was only slightly slower than a handgun bullet!

Swish—

The Flame Flying Needle grazed past Li Fei's left shoulder, the scorching aura burning a hole in the clothing on his left shoulder.

Just as Li Fei took a step to the side to dodge this Flame Flying Needle, the twin maces in Cao Yiqing's hands slammed violently into each other.

Bang—

The sound was like a great bell, resounding throughout the entire competition arena.

Dozens of Flame Flying Needles burst forth from the twin maces in Cao Yiqing's hands, spraying toward Li Fei!

Cao Yiqing naturally knew that Li Fei possessed the "Danger Perception" ability, so his first Flame Flying Needle was only to force Li Fei to move, while the following ones were the killing blow.

Before Cao Yiqing unleashed his killing blow, Li Fei had already brandished his steel saber, the dark golden saber radiance laying out a "curtain" in front of him while he dodged to the side.

But the number of Flame Flying Needles was too great; Li Fei only had time to swing his saber to deflect the needles aimed at his face, and while he dodged some, he was ultimately struck by four Flame Flying Needles on the left side of his body.

The masculine and domineering Bing Fire True Qi, carrying scorching high temperatures, pierced through the Level 3 protective gear on Li Fei's body!

White smoke rose from Li Fei's body; even the defensive power of the "Tyrant Body" could not completely block Cao Yiqing's Flame Flying Needles.

After landing a hit, Cao Yiqing's legs suddenly expanded, and he stomped heavily on the ground, creating a dirt pit.

Dust flew everywhere as Cao Yiqing, trailing a series of afterimages, charged toward Li Fei at extreme speed; at the same time, the muscles in his arms also expanded, and he swung the iron maces in his hands toward Li Fei with violent force.

The first extraordinary ability of 【Blazing Thorn】 was strength burst, and with the addition of the extremely masculine Bing Fire True Qi, Cao Yiqing's explosive power was comparable to a Force-Refining Martial Master!

This world contained some Martial Masters capable of fighting across ranks, and Cao Yiqing, as the number one on the Martial University Martial Master combat leaderboard, was undoubtedly such a person.

The two iron maces carved two long white marks in the air, like fighter jets streaking through the sky, and the fierce wind blew up the dust on the ground—

Dust filled the sky!

With such power, even if a car driving at high speed collided with Cao Yiqing, it would be the car that was smashed to pieces.

Before Cao Yiqing charged forward, Li Fei had already swung his saber at him; seven consecutive dark golden saber radiances, like layers of waves, stacked together and slashed toward Cao Yiqing.

Seven-Fold Waves!

Li Fei had not been wasting his time in class these past few days, and his progress was equally rapid. Previously, he could at most use "Five-Fold Waves," but now he could already use "Seven-Fold Waves."

The stacked saber radiances were like tempered "iron"; although they had not yet reached the point of being refined into steel, they possessed a hint of the power of force, and combined with the extreme sharpness of Geng Metal True Qi, they could slash through even real force if they collided with it!

Cao Yiqing smashed his twin maces into the saber radiance; the fiery red Bing Fire True Qi was instantly cut open, and two deep saber marks were carved into the iron maces, causing his charge to be hindered.

Li Fei took the opportunity to move to Cao Yiqing's side and slashed again with another "Seven-Fold Waves."

Cao Yiqing exerted force to dodge, not daring to block head-on with his iron maces again.

Li Fei's Geng Metal True Qi was extremely sharp, and it was being slashed out in the form of stacked waves; even if the iron maces in his hands were of good quality, they might be snapped after a few more blocks.

Once he lost his weapons, he would be defeated.

Bang—

Cao Yiqing once again slammed the two iron maces in his hands together, exploding a cloud of Flame Flying Needles.

Li Fei swung his saber to block while simultaneously dodging.

Cao Yiqing did not stop his footsteps, chasing after the dodging Li Fei, his iron maces colliding again and again.

On the competition arena, hundreds of Flame Flying Needles shot in all directions, like a grand display of fireworks!

Note 1: Mendeleev, who summarized the "Periodic Table of Elements," is one of the founders of the discipline of chemistry.

PS: There is one more chapter to be updated later.

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